A Taste of Honey is the first play by the English playwright and screenwriter Shelagh Delaney, written when she was 19. It was adapted into 1961 film of the same title which won four BAFTAs at the 15th British Academy Film Awards. Set in Salford in North West England, it tells the story of Jo, a working class schoolgirl, and her mother, Helen, who is presented as tarty, foul mouthed and promiscuous. Helen leaves Jo alone in their new flat after Helen begins a relationship with Peter, a flashy, moneyed "wide boy" who is younger than her. At the same time Jo, who is white, begins a romantic relationship with Jimmy, a black sailor. Despite being only 15, she tells him she is nearly 18 and therefore nearly old enough to marry without parental permission.
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A Taste of Honey was adapted into a 1961 film.
A Taste of Honey1961 · film · 101 min · dir. Tony Richardson · IMDb ↗IMDb7.485%While out to avoid spending time with her narcissistic and promiscuous mother, sixteen-year-old Jo has a brief affair that leaves her pregnant and abandoned. When her mother remarries, Jo's only support becomes her friend Geoffrey, a homosexual.
